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Letters .Patent No. 76,850, dated April lli, 18.68.

IMPBQVBMENT IN WASHING-MACHINE.

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.TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

13e it known that I, EDWARD T. TINCI'I, of Salem, in the county ofWashington, und State oflndiana, have invented a new and improvedWashing-Machine; and I de hereby ,declare that the followingis a full,clear, and exact. description thereof', reference 'being had to theaccompanying drawinggmaking a part of this specificaticn,in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the inachinc'complcte, showing theAlever for depressing the flexible con; cave, and the cord for raisingthis concave'. 4

i Figure 2 is n, transverse section through the machine, italien in' thevertical plane indicated by red line x e, in ng, s.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section, 'taken in a vcrtiealplane throughthe centre of the machine.

Similar-'letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in, theseveral gures. v

This invention relates to certain novel improvements on'that class ofWashing-machines wherein the cleansing is performed by means of u rotaryrubber operating in conjunction -i'ith a movable concave of rollers.

The nature of m invcntion'ccnsists in ahorizontall 1 einen ed Hamed drum'constiucted with or withouty y r c 7 a corrugated orribbed surface, andprovided with latches for fastening thev articles to lie-Washed, incombination with a flexible concave of rollers or rolling-bars, 'and .acontrivance'by which this concave can he forcibly ,depressed upon thearticles which are upon the said drum, during Athe rotation ofthelatter, as will Abe hereinafter explained. v

The invention further consists in combining with a rotary drum andexibte concave of rolling-bars, constructed and operated as will behereinafter described, certain means whcreby'the said concave can bedepressed with any required degree of force, and, when desired,vrn'iscdfree from the articles around said drum, so as to allow the articles tobe wound around the drum in oppositcdireotions, for alternately rubbingand cleansing both sides of them, as will be hereinafter shown'.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a rectangular Wash-box, ofsuitable capacity, which is mounted upon legs, and provided with athrecsidcd cover, B. This cover B is hinged to the box A, and may be.provided Awith a suitable fasteningfor holding it down in place. K i lWithin this wesh-boxis a angcd drum, C, through which passes a shaft, D,that is supported upon the top.

'J5/the lower section`ot` the box by suitable bearings thereon. Thisshaft passes through the longitudinal axis of the drum C, and carries onone end u crunk', D', by means of which the drum can be rotated eithertoward thc right hund or the left. y

Holes are made inA the periphcryof the drum, C, a suitable depth, tolreceive helical springs a a, und lntchingpieces b against which latterthe springs, press outii'ardly. Theselatching-pieees l 6 are hinged ate, and their free ends abut against the ends oi' the recess-es, intowhich they fit in such manner that, by inscrting'thc corner or edges of'articles to he cleansed into thc said recesses, thc latches n'ill'holdthese articles firmly enough to allow them to be wound around the drumC, forward.and-backward, during the process of washing. It will he seenthat the latches I3 b do not project beyond the periphery of the drum C,and consequently do not interrupt the unbroken smooth surface of thisdrum. j

These fastcnings, or their equivalents, serre a. very important purposein my improved machine, in that they uiord a simple and speedy means forattaching articlesto the periphery of the drum, preparatory to theprocess of washing, so that during this process the articlesmay bcalternatelyl wound up'on and unwound from the drum, for the purpose ofrubbing both sides without handling them.

To one side of thc box A, c rubbing-bar, E, is attached, and to thisrubbing-bar a number of rubbing-bars, E', are fastened, by lexiblcstrips S S, so as to form a concave of rolling bars, which possessesexibility suii cient to accommodate itself to articles wound upon thecylindrical drumC. This concave is nearly equal in tassa length to thedistance between theilauges upon the'drum C, so as to work between them,as shown in fig. 3. The drum is constructed with flanges, for'thepurpose of preventing articles wound upon it from working o' atitsndsand getting between the endsy and the 'wash-box; The langes allowthe articles to be wound upon ,and u uwcund from the drumwith the covershut, and they also admitof any desircddegree of pressure being appliedto the articles bythe concave rubber, without causing the articles towork out of place.

The concave rubber is4 suspended from the top`,'B, of the wash-box bymeans of a' rope, d, which-passes through Bald top, and has a ring, e,attached toits outer end. By means ol' thisrope the concave can beraised free from the drum C, 'at pleasure, without raising the `top orcover B.

The flexible concave of rollers is carried over the drum C, and its freeend is provided with a staple or Btrap,f, Which passes through anopening made through the wash-box, and hasfasteued to it, 'by a hook orother attachment. a "chain, g." This cbainis attached to a lever, G,which isapplied on the outside of the box A, and

guided 'by a staple, layshown in ligs. 1 and 2. l

'The' lever G is used to forcibly draw down the concave upon thearticles wound upon the drum C, to rnb -them with more or less forca,andthe cord or rope-d serve sto raise this concave free from the drutu.

To operatethe machine above described, .the box is nearlyiilled withwater and soap, and the articles to be cleansed attached to the drum Cby nieans of the latches b b. 4The drum is then turned in one direction,and the artclesfwoudnpon it, after twhich, or duringwhicb, thecon'cavc.is brought down forcibly upon them, which `will rub and cleansethem `on one side. The concave is then raised, and the drum turned in anopposite direction, which will unwind the articles from it and wind themup again Ain an opposite direction, therebyexpsing newl surfaces to berubbed. The concave is again depressed, and the lsaine operationrepeated asbefore stated. v1'. prefetto make the rollers composing theflexible concave, of an octangular or polygonal shape in crossl section,so thoangles thas formed will afford a betterjrubbing-surface thancylindrical rollers would.

` Having described my invention, what .I claim as new, anddesirtosecare'by Letters Patent, i s i 1; The lflanged drum C, providedwith latches b b, andcombine'dwith a flexible concavef rolling orriibbing V,bars E', and a device for forcibly depressngthis concave,substantially as described.

l 2. ,The combinationof a lifting-cord; aywitll a 'fleatible concave, arotary flanged drum, C, and a device for denressing the coneaveupon thearticlesrbeing washed, substantially es described.

3. The construction of the drum C with ilanges- 'upon its ends,and alsowith springdatches b b,7for the purposes and in the inannersubstantially as described. Y Y

t EDWARD T. TINeH. witnesses: I i

J. M. TAYLOR,

W. `T. Asrozv.

